Dr Natalie Allen

Natalie is a leading thinker on urbanism in Aotearoa. As a director at The Urban Advisory she leads a team of transdisciplinary urban advisors who work across scales and across New Zealand to ensure our neighbourhoods, towns and cities are places where people can thrive. This includes working across the public, private, iwi and community sectors to make the seemingly complex simple when it comes to designing and delivering our built environment. Natalie specialises in designing integrated neighbourhoods that enhance wellbeing and is passionate about supporting the delivery of quality, resilient, and people-centric projects. 

She has a background in architecture, urban design, and urban governance and extensive research experience across a range of critical urban topics: integrated urban planning and community visioning, urban growth and increasing density, and housing preferences and demand. She maintains wide-ranging industry networks and mentors many up and coming urbanists.